Bourne End Herts News

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John Mawer's Presentation at the Public Meeting on Monday 11th February 2019

To make any difference at all to the plans for West Hemel and the potential traffic chaos it will cause for us, we need as many residents as possible to a) sign a petition and b) go online to comment on the Dacorum planning portal.  To make this as easy as possible we are holding a Public Meeting to help everyone understand the issues and to guide you through the process of having your voice heard.  SO PLEASE COME ALONG AND ENCOURAGE FAMILY AND NEIGHBOURS TO COME TOO!

      The plans for LA3 are now on the Dacorum website.  They were uploaded on Friday afternoon.  In theory the consultation period could last only three weeks, but in an application such as this it is highly unlikely. BEVA will be considering these plans carefully and will make a submission, but it is important that as many people as possible have an understanding of the implications.  We would therefore urge you to read the plans carefully and consider the impact on the village. The planning Website is here: https://site.dacorum.gov.uk/publicaccess/ and the application reference is   4/03266/18/MFA (although you can just search for LA3)

Carol Singing On  December 10th and December 12th  carol singers will visit every house in the village (time and weather permitting).  As ever we are raising funds for local charities: this year the beneficiaries will be  Gaddesden Place Riding for the Disabled  and   Dacorum Emergency Night Shelter   DENS . Please come and join us.  Everyo ne is welcome.  Meet at the Anchor at 6:30 pm.  

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Village Hall in October to hear about this new development of 56 homes proposed for the Button House site in Pix Farm Lane.  The application is still open for comments and we would encourage anyone who feels strongly about the impact this development may have on the village to get online.  It seems daunting but it really isn't that hard... First go to the Dacorum Planning portal here... Dacorum Planning .  You'll need to register to make a comment (not difficult).  And then you can read what others have said (Arrow A) and make your own comment (Arrow B).  All the planning application documentation (and there is a lot) can be found at arrow C. Please do this in the next couple of days as the deadline now appears to be 22nd November.

After my recent success at The Bourne End Village Show (winner of the Rose Bowl since you ask), I’m finding it hard to step off my High Horse and sit down and write this column.  As my husband Mark won a prize for his Dahlias, it’s difficult to fit the big heads into our house!  I hasten to add, if you had asked us before 2016 (when we went flower crazy for my stepdaughter’s wedding) we wouldn’t have known our Dahlia’s from our Daisies;  so get planting Bourne End and come and take us on next year!! I’m afraid the High Horse is the only horse that I have been riding regularly lately, because my search for the new horse goes on.  Perhaps Father Christmas has got something stashed away?   One can dream. Back to reality….So the summer of 2018 is over, and what a summer it has been.  After the coldest winter in history, anything would have felt balmy, and yet this summer kicked the summer of 76 into touch, and will now be that summer that we will al...